Title 9 Part 4119

All licensees of the commission are required to conduct themselves in a forthright, gentlemanly manner at all times while on or near the premises of a licensed harness race track during the operation of a licensed harness race meeting.

No licensee of the commission shall use improper language or otherwise abuse any official, appointee, representative or employee of the commission, or any person acting under the orders or rules of the commission.

If any owner, driver, trainer or attendant of a horse, or any other licensee connected with the operation of a licensed harness race meeting at any time during said meeting, either on or off the grounds of a licensed race track shall commit an assault or battery, or attempt an assault or battery or threaten to do bodily harm to any person or persons connected in any way with such race meeting, such person shall be subjected to the penalties prescribed by this Subchapter.

No owner, trainer or driver or their agent shall demand of a licensed harness race track a bonus of money or other special award or consideration as a condition for starting a horse already entered to race.

No owner, trainer, driver agent, employee or attendant of a horse shall bet or cause any other person to bet on such person’s behalf on any other horse in any race in which there shall start a horse owned, trained or driven by such person, or which such person in any way represents or handles or in which such person has an interest. No such person shall participate in exacta, quinella, superfecta or triple wagering on a race in which such horse starts.

No driver shall drive a horse in a race in which there shall start another horse that such driver in any way represents or handles or in which such driver has an interest unless coupled as an entry.

It shall be the duty of each licensee to report promptly when requested or ordered to do so by any official of the commission in furtherance of an investigation or hearing and to testify under oath concerning any facts within the licensee’s knowledge and produce any books, records, written matter or other evidence within the licensee’s possession or control relevant to such matter.

Any person whether a licensee, participant or patron whose conduct is deemed detrimental to the best interest of harness racing or who is deemed an undesirable person may be expelled from the track. In this regard the track, on such track’s own initiative, or upon request of the commission or the commission’s representatives, shall take immediate steps by whatever means are reasonably required to expel such person. Acts deemed undesirable shall consist of, but not be limited by, the following:

In addition, a person who has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or who has been convicted of bookmaking or other form of illegal gambling, or who has been adjudged by any court, State commission or other governing body guilty of any fraud in connection with racing or any athletic contest, shall be deemed an undesirable person and shall be subject to expulsion as provided in this section. Nothing contained in this section shall diminish the right of any track to exclude any person as a patron or otherwise without reason, provided such exclusion is not based upon race, creed, color or national origin.

No person shall conspire, combine and confederate together in any manner, regardless of where the said person may be located, for the purpose of violating any of these rules nor shall they commit any act in furtherance of the said purpose and plan.